Adjustable portable power handsaw



arch 8, 1932. AN E-MMONS 1,843,330

ADJUSTABLE PORTABLE POWER HANDSAW Filed July 29, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l TTITTITI INVENTOR.

A TTORNEYS.

March 8, 1932. A. N. EMMoNs 1,848,330-

ADJUSTABLE PORTABLE POWER HANDSAW Filed July 29, 1930 s Sheets-Sheet s INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 8, 1932 1 UNITED ,STATES PATENT OFFICE- ABTHUB N. EMMONS, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIQNOB TO THE POlBTER-CAIBLE MA- CHINE COMPANY INC., 01 SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A COBPORATION.OF NEW YORK ADJUSTABLE PORTABLE POWER HAIl'DBAW Application filed m 29, 1930. Serial No. 4714925..

This invention relates to power hand saws and has for its object a particularly simple and efiicient means for varying the angle of the rotary saw blade and also particularly simple and efiicient means for varying the depth of the cut. I g

The invention consists in the novel features and in the. combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying'drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views. s

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a power 5 hand saw embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is asectional view on line 33, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary isometric view or. the base plate.

Figure 5 is an isometric view of the'bearing part associated with the saw body.

1 c esignates' a. saw body having a suitable Y handle 2. the body enclosing an electric motor not shown, the rotor or shaft of which is journalled in the body.

3 designates the rotary saw blade mounted on the shaft or arbor 4 which is actuated byand usually an extension of the motor shaft. 5 is a guard for the upper portion of the saw blade and 6 is a movable guard for the lower edge of the saw blade, this being pivoted at .7 to the body and movable into dotted line position, Figure'2, by the work, when the saw is being fed along thework. The current is supplied to the motor within the housing 1 through a suitable cable 8 and is controlled by a switch handle not shown associated with thehandle 2. The features thus far described form no part of this invention.

9 designates a base plate on which the body is mounted. Thebody is adjustable about. an

axis relative to the base plate to varytheangle of the saw so that it cuts various bevels.

In the illustrated embodiment of my invention, the saw body is provided with a hearing or supportin 'part and the base plateis provided with a hearing or supportingpart, these so two parts being provided with coacting arouate guide means having a common center 10- varied,

cated below the axis of, the saw blade 3 and near the same, this axis being usually located about midway between the axis of the saw and the lowermost part of. the saw.

10 is the bearing part mounted" on the saw body 1 on the front end thereof and 11 is the bearing part extending upwardly from the base plate 9, this being a bracket having a base flange 11 secured to the base .plate -9. v

The part 10 is provided with concentric ar'cuate I'lbS or ways 12 forming an arcuate channet 13' between them and the bracket 11 is provided with an arcuate uide rib 14 fittingthe channel 13 and with anges 15 lapping means of the bearing parts 10 and 11 1s located approximately at A, Figure 1.- The bearing parts extend in eneral planes at a rlght angle to the saw bla e.

In order that the depth of the cut may be the bearing part 10 is. adjustably mounted'on the saw body 1 to have a rectilinear movement toward and from the base, and as here-illustrated, the bearing part and the bodyare formed with coacting ways 19 and 20 and the part 10 is adjustable vertically by means'of the screw 21 extending lengthwise of the ways and held from endwise movement relatively to the body 1 and threading into the bearing part 10. In that the ways 19 on the part 10 may properly fit the ways 20 on the body 1, a gi 23 is provided in one of the ways 19. This gib is adjustable by means of the 'screWs 22 and lock nuts 22. This gib also essary to turn the screw 21 by means of the wing nut on the top thereof. To adjust the angle of the cut, the nut 16 is loosened and the saw body moved along thebearing part 11 about the axis A to the desired position and the nut 16 again tightened.

A gage 24 for rip work is provlded on-the ta-geous in that it provides a simple means by V base plate, this being carried b a rod extending through a transverse tu ular guide 26 at thefront end of the base plate and being held in any adjustable position by a set screw 27.

In rip work, the gage is set so as to engage the edge of the board being ripped.

This invention is particularly advanwhich the saw blade can be readily and accurately adjusted to cut different angles and to cut difierent depths.

\Vhat I claim is:

"1. In a portable power driven saw of the type manipulated and guided in its entirety by the operator, the combination of a motor housing having a saw arbor journalled therein and a motor for actuating the arbor, a saw bladeicarried on one end of the arbor, a base plate for resting on the surface of the work and having one edge extending adjacent the saw blade, a single supporting means secured to the base plate and the motor housing for supporting the latter including a supporting member secured to one end of the base plate,

a second supporting member carried by the motor housing and being adjustable vertical- 1y toward and from the base plate, said members having complemental arcuate gnideportions arranged with the axis of the are lobetween the base plate and the motor housing including .a supporting member carried by the motor housing and being adjustable vertically toward and from the base plate, a second supporting member secured at one end of the base plate, said members being adjustable relatively along complemental arcuate guide portions, and means for securing the members in any adjusted position. i

3. In a power driven portable saw of the type manipulated and guided in its entirety by the operator, the combination'o'f a motor housing, a saw arbor journalled in said housing and having a saw blade secured on. its outer end, a motor for actuating said arbor, a base plate for resting on the surface of the work and slidablewith the saw, asupporting member secured at one end of the base plate in alignmentwith the intersection of the saw blade with the work. a supporting member I carried by the motor housing, the supporting members having complemental arcuate guide portions for adjustment of the base plate relative to the axis of the saw arbor, the sup )orting member carried by the motor housing having means for vertically adjusting the supportingmembers and the base plate toward and from the motor housing in a directi in parallel with the saw blade.

4. In a portable power saw of the type manipulated and guided in its entirety by the operator, the. combination of a motor housing, asaw arbor journalled in said housing,

and having a saw blade secured to its outer end, a motor in said housing for. actuating the arbor. a base plate. extending parallel to the. saw blade and toone side thereof for supporting the motor housing, a supporting member secured to the base plate near one end thereof, a second supporting member adjustably secured to the motor housing and being adjustable toward and from the base plate, the supporting members having means for adjustment of the base plate relative to the motor housing about an axis adjacent the edge of the base plate toward the saw.

In a portable power hand saw of the type manipulated and guided solely by the hands of the operator, the combination of a motor housing having a motor therein, a saw arbor actuated by the motor and a saw blade carried by one end of the arbor, a base plate slidable on the surface of the work, supporting members secured to the motor housing and to the base plate respectively, said members constituting a single support for the motor housing, the supporting member secured to the base plate beingsecured inalignment with the intersection of the saw blade with the work. i k

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Syracuse, in the county of Ononda 'a, and State of. New York, this 25 day of .l uly, 1930.. v

- ARTHUR N. EMMONS.

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